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  • Steel City

    Hamilton and Region

    Modifié par M.J. Dear, J.J. Drake, L.G. Reeds ...
    Collections series Heritage
    From its establishment nearly 200 years ago as a village at the centre of an agricultural district, Hamilton has grown into one of Canada's biggest industrial centres, at the heart of a highly developed regional municipality. The story of its changing landscapes, both physical and human, is presented in the nineteen essays that make up this volume, all by geographers associated with Hamilton's ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

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  • The End of the Suburbs

    Where the American Dream Is Moving

    par Leigh Gallagher ...
    “The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore.”For nearly 70 years, the suburbs were as American as apple pie. As the middle class ballooned and single-family homes and cars became more affordable, we flocked to pre-fabricated ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $10.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD

  • Welcome to the Urban Revolution

    How Cities Are Changing The World

    par Jeb Brugmann ...
    In Welcome to the Urban Revolution, internationally recognized urbanist Jeb Brugmann turns traditional thinking about globalization on its head to show that the city isn't a backdrop to global change; it is a central driver of change—political, economic, social, and environmental. This powerful reappraisal of the global role of cities brilliantly synthesizes urban studies, economics, and sociology ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Global Cities

    A Short History

    par Greg Clark ...
    Collections series The Short Histories
    Why have some cities become great global urban centers, and what cities will be future leaders?From Athens and Rome in ancient times to New York and Singapore today, a handful of cities have stood out as centers of global economic, military, or political power. In the twenty-first century, the number of truly global cities is greater than ever before, reflecting the globalization of both economic ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Buyways

    Billboards, Automobiles, and the American Landscape

    par Catherine Gudis ...
    Collections series Cultural Spaces
    The highway has become the buyway. Along the millions of miles the public travels, advertisers spend billions on images of cola, cars, vodka, fast food, and swimming pools that blur past us, catching our fleeting attention and turning the landscape into a corridor of commerce. A smart, succinct, and visually compelling history of the billboard in America, Buyways traces how the outdoor advertising ... En savoir plus

    $100.99 CAD

  • Routledge Revivals: Localities (1989)

    The Changing Face of Urban Britain

    Modifié par Philip Cooke ...
    First published in 1989, this book examines seven different localities, ranging from the outer suburbs of large northern cities to small freestanding town, which were prospering in the 1980s or struggling against the negative employment effects of restructuring. Within the theoretical frame of ‘industrial restructuring’, it traces the development of each locality, exploring in depth the influence ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement

    par David Hollister, Ray Tadgerson, David Closs, G. Tomas M. Hult ...
    The dynamic, collaborative management model that saved a U.S. manufacturing cityWhen car-making giant General Motors decided to close its plant in Lansing, Michigan, in 1996, one person—the city’s newly elected mayor—stood up and said “no.” Initially, it was the cry of a man in the wilderness. Not once in its century-long history had GM reversed a decision to close a plant. But Mayor David ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Economics of the Indian Steel Industry

    par Susmita Dasgupta ...
    Collections series Routledge Studies in the Economics of Business and Industry
    Steel is the foundational material of modern civilization and constitutes the core of industry, and yet, it is overproduced across the world. This supply glut is reducing margins and turning steel into a sunset industry. Steel consumes as much as four times the amount of raw materials as its produced volume, and the sheer bulk of the steel makes it costly to transport. Because of this, countries ... En savoir plus

    $88.99 CAD

  • Economics of Urban Externalities

    Analysis of Squatter Settlements in Kathmandu and Quito

    par Shiva Raj Adhikari ...
    Collections series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides a fresh look at measuring negative externalities in the urbanization process. Meeting the challenges that come hand-in-hand with the contemporary age of rapid urbanization demands more extensive empirical knowledge. While most urbanization research focuses on positive externalities, this book is designed to offer insights into possible sources of negative externalities and the ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Boomburbs

    The Rise of America's Accidental Cities

    par Robert E. Lang, Jennifer B. LeFurgy ...
    Collections series Insights: Critical Thinking on International Affairs
    A glance at a list of America's fastest growing ""cities"" reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs. Places such as Anaheim, California, Coral Springs, Florida, Naperville, Illinois, North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Plano, Texas, have swelled to big-city size with few people really noticing-including many of their ten million residents. These ""boomburbs"" are large, rapidly growing ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • Policies and Practices in Italian Welfare Housing

    Turin, up to the Current Neo-Liberal Approach and Social Innovation Practices

    par Nadia Caruso ...
    Collections series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a European perspective on urban planning and spatial design by outlining housing policies in Southern Europe and their evolution. Through a unique case study on the city of Turin it explores social innovation and the relationship between the urban regeneration process and housing practices. The case study is a useful example in the debate about changing welfare arrangements in ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

  • Urban Poverty in Turkey

    Development and Modernisation in Low-Income Communities

    par Burcu Sentürk ...
    Gecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, many of which have migrated from the villages of Central Anatolia. The rise of the Islamist party AKP in the 1990s and 2000s had a large impact on how these gecekondus are examined, and how they are perceived to reflect key issues at play in Turkish society: welfare, local identity, religious ... En savoir plus

    $199.99 CAD